Submission + - Akamai Goes P2P
An anonymous reader writes: On Thursday the bandwidth behemoth [Akamai] purchased peer-to-peer service Red Swoosh, a small peer-to-peer software company, for about $15 million in stock. ... By adding Red Swoosh's technology to its data-moving arsenal, Akamai gains the ability to rapidly transfer files by piecing together bits of data distributed on clients' computers around the world, rather than merely shortcutting the files in one piece between Akamai's enormous servers. Purchasing Red Swoosh also silences critics who saw peer-to-peer clients as a growing competitor to the company's market dominance.